Could Primevals end up representing the Star-Sky Humans in battle?
Hearing this, Andrew Han froze, blue flames flickering in his eyes as his body stiffened in place. He felt his mind thunder as if dazzling lightning had pierced through his entire brain.
It was as if thunder rang in his ears, as if thunder struck his mind!
In an instant, waves surged in his heart and countless thoughts churned. The fiery faith buried deep within him for years seemed to ignite and illuminate at this very moment.
It was not excitement, not longing, nor was it battle intent.
Yet there was a strange, inexplicable impulse.
"The Human Race..."
"Our Human Race is destined to be immortal..."
After a brief silence, standing beneath the starry sky, Andrew Han couldn't help but whisper softly.
He had originally planned to head to his next destination—the overlord power Shen Phoenix Empire in the Lunyis Star System—to challenge the sixteenth-ranked Grand Venerable on the Stellar Honor Roll.
But he suddenly received a distant message from Blake Bloodchart and became completely absorbed in it, unable to focus on traversing the stars. He slowed his pace, stopped moving forward, and carefully watched the video message.
"Challenging the Honor Roll is not something that must be rushed."
"Especially when it's something important related to the Human Race's borders and Brother Howard Gu. Compared to that, the Lunyis Star System is just a shallow pond." Andrew Han could clearly distinguish priorities; he was destined to return to the Spark-Heritage Zone's Primeval Gate and defend his title as Spark-Heritage Paragon of the Age.
The Lunyis Star System was only temporary.
Even if he toppled the entire Honor Roll, it would at most be a matter of gaining some insights and feelings.
Thus—
Andrew Han continued to watch his Star-Gate Martial Communicator, the phantom screen transforming into Blake Bloodchart's clear face.
Because the distance between them was truly vast...
Live video was impossible, and real-time communication was difficult to achieve, so Blake Bloodchart sent a video message that lasted seven minutes and twenty-nine seconds.
Blake Bloodchart, a fellow Primeval, had enthusiastically and selflessly helped Andrew Han when he first entered the Primeval Gate.
After that, they only exchanged a few words.
Occasionally, they would run into each other.
But ever since Blake Bloodchart left, there had been no news.
"It seems Bloodchart's message is mainly meant to remind me..." Andrew Han's expression grew more solemn as he stared at the Star-Gate Martial Communicator's screen.
On the screen, Blake Bloodchart's handsome face now bore traces of age and fatigue: "Andrew Han, by the time you see this video message, I should be searching for Howard Gu on the starry frontier. The so-called 'other life race' is a newly risen third-tier life race."
"You might wonder, how could a third-tier life race dare to provoke the Human Race..."
"In reality, they're secretly backed by the Light Clan, one of the Four Great Life Races, who provide covert support. That's why all disputes over territorial ownership must conform to the appropriate order and follow the rules agreed upon by all races."
Hearing this,
Andrew Han pondered in silence.
If you strip away the surface of power, its essence is the making and defending of rules.
The Star-Sky Humans are one of the Four Great Life Races, supreme in the vast universe, and usually benefit from rules and order. But there are exceptions—such as contests with other apex races.
The Light Clan...
They can't wait for the Star-Sky Humans to be wiped out!
"Hmph." Blake Bloodchart snorted coldly, his tone tinged with disdain and hatred: "The Light Clan is always scheming against us Humans from behind the scenes. Unable to win head-on, they constantly try to undermine us internally and at the borders..."
Seeing this, Andrew Han's thoughts whirled as he listened to Bloodchart's somber account of Howard Gu's current situation. It seemed there was no mortal danger, just targeted obstruction somewhere in the stars...
Obstruction?
For what purpose?
Could it be that the foreign races don't want Howard Gu to break through to Eternal King?
Andrew Han didn't fully understand, no matter how he thought about it: "Never mind—as long as Brother Howard is still alive, that's good enough. With the terrifying potential of an Eternal King, he certainly qualifies to draw the attention of other life races. This also indirectly proves Howard Gu's hope of becoming an Eternal King."
As he listened—
Bloodchart mentioned the Light Clan several times...
His expression held anger, contempt, but also basic respect for an apex race. No matter how base the Light Clan’s character, their apex seat was beyond question.
Among the universe’s apex races, some came first, some later, and there are ranks of seniority!
Up to now, tracing back to the most distant history, only two truly ancient apex races remain: the Shenro Clan and the Nether Clan. The Star-Sky Humans and the Light Clan are newly risen apex races.
At least compared to the Shenro Clan.
The Human Race and the Light Clan lack deep historical roots; their years are not long, even somewhat shallow.
By normal reasoning, the Light Clan ought to advance and retreat together with the Human Race, forming an alliance.
And in fact, that was once true. But for reasons unknown, the alliance shattered, and relations between the two races plunged to freezing point!
The defining event:
It mainly occurred during the Light Clan Incident in the Cosmic Ancient Kingdom!
According to rumor...
This matter touched the very foundation of the apex races...
Though the exact cause is unclear, as a Primeval, Andrew Han vaguely understood the absolute standard for defining an apex race—inscribing a life race’s genealogy into the cosmic order!
The power to alter the laws of the universe.
And the authority to intervene in the universe’s operation.
Combine the two, and you have an unshakable seat among the apex races!
But rumors about apex seats are countless, and Andrew Han wasn’t sure if this information was true.
"Sigh."
The next moment, the video ended, and Bloodchart left a final reminder: "Andrew Han, grow as strong as you can. Border conflicts are intensifying... When the Human Race needs Primevals to step forward, even we Primevals face mortal danger. Some things simply can’t be avoided."
With those words—